Rich Dubroff
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July 3, 2020 at 7:00 am
Orioles get ready for restart with summer training
After two days of reporting and Covid-19 testing, the Orioles’ summer training begins in earnest on Friday. Unlike spring training, the Orioles’ schedule for the abbreviated 60-game schedule isn’t known. Nor is the exhibition game schedule, presumed to be three games. The opener is most likely three weeks from now, on July...
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July 2, 2020 at 7:00 am
Orioles’ Bleier: ‘These are regular major league games and we need to be ready for them’
In his three seasons with the Orioles, left-hander Richard Bleier is 8-1 with a 3.21 ERA. Last season, Bleier who was recovering from June 2018 lat surgery, had a strong September with a 2.93 ERA and two saves in 12 appearances with a 0.717 WHIP. He spoke after reporting to the Orioles’...
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July 1, 2020 at 7:00 am
The Orioles’ 60-game season dreamers; Canceling the minor leagues
A 60-game season has some Oriole fans dreaming sweetly. They shouldn’t be. Yes, it’s certainly easier to exceed expectations in 60 games than it is in 162, but the Orioles are still painfully thin in starting pitching. And, as executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias pointed out on Monday, they’ll be playing...
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June 30, 2020 at 7:00 am
Elias addresses evaluating players in a short season; Orioles’ long-term goals; New rules
Mike Elias is used to making evaluations over a 162-game season. This year, he needs to make decisions based on 60 games. “I hadn’t really thought about that until recently,” the Orioles’ executive vice president/general manager said in a Zoom call on Monday. “It’s going to be a very small sample for...
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June 29, 2020 at 7:02 pm
Elias says he expects all Orioles to report when summer training starts
Orioles executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias knows that summer training and the truncated season that follows will be a challenge. “This is going to be unlike anything that any one of us has ever experienced,” Elias said in a Zoom conference call on Monday. The Orioles begin reporting to Camden Yards...
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Lots of competition in Orioles’ bullpen; Draft signing update; ’70 celebration might have to wait
The Orioles’ designated 44 players for their 60-man summer training roster on Sunday, and the list contained a few surprises. Perhaps the biggest was the addition of right-handed pitcher César Valdez, who was signed to a minor league contract on January 10 but didn’t receive an invitation to major league spring training....
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June 28, 2020 at 4:36 pm
Orioles put 44 players on initial camp roster; Mancini placed on injured list
The Orioles released the names of their initial 44 players on the 60-man summer camp roster on Sunday. They added right-handed pitcher Cesar Valdez, who was in minor league camp and used as a fill-in during early spring games to the list. The 35-year-old Valdez struck out nine while walking none and...
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3.8K17June 26, 2020 at 7:00 amJim Duquette on Orioles’ strategy and outlook for 2020
Jim Duquette is best known in Baltimore for his two seasons as the Orioles’ vice president of baseball operations. He was also...
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June 25, 2020 at 7:00 am
Some questions and possible answers about Orioles’ 2020 season
As the countdown to the 2020 baseball season begins in earnest, let’s look at some questions and possible answers. How many games will the Orioles win? According to BetOnline, the Orioles will win 21 ½ games, tied with the Detroit Tigers for fewest in the major leagues. Giving the Orioles the “over,”...
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June 24, 2020 at 7:00 am
Baseball season to finally begin a month from now
Three weeks later than Major League Baseball had hoped, the 2020 season will finally get underway on July 23 and 24. And with it, the Orioles are about to enter the age of “speed baseball.” Instead of 162 games, they’ll play 60 in the 2020 season. How unusual is that? Let’s look...